The two people gunned down in a road rage confrontation that began in West Baltimore and ended about a mile later in Bolton Hill were identified yesterday by police as a 16-year-old Dundalk girl and a 32-year-old Harford County man.
No arrests had been made in what police said was a rare double-killing road rage incident, which began Wednesday evening with a dispute between the occupants of a green Volkswagen Jetta and a Ford Crown Victoria.
A passenger in the Ford, Rebecca Meekins of the 8100 block of Mid Haven Road in Dundalk, and the driver, Edward Tyree Baylor, who lived in Harford County but had his mail delivered to his parents' home in the 5700 block of Rubin Ave. near Pimlico, were pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma Center shortly after they were shot about 6 p.m. by at least one of two men in the Jetta.
Two teenage boys in the back seat of the Ford escaped injury, police said.
The Jetta was found yesterday morning parked on a street in Northwest Baltimore and was taken to police headquarters for processing by crime lab technicians, police said yesterday.
Last night, Baylor's father, Edward Baylor, a 64-year-old steel worker, said his son graduated from Northwestern High School and held few jobs.
"After he graduated, he attended a welding training program at the former Bethlehem Steel Co.," said the father, a steelworker for 38 years.
"He left after about a month and had various jobs," the father said while seated in the living of his home.
He said his son got into trouble, but was always respectful of his father and mother and other family members. He said his son had two daughters, one 12 and the other 3.
Regina Baylor, the mother, said her son called nearly every day to see how she and his father were doing.
The father said he and his wife were watching the 10 p.m. news Wednesday night when the shooting scene appeared on the screen and that his wife thought she recognized the Ford as her son's.
Not long after the shooting, police came to the house with a photo of their son for identification. "They had his driver's license and it wasn't long before they came to the house," the father said.
Police said Baylor had a lengthy record, including domestic violence, and was on probation until March of this year.
Last night, occupants inside the home of Meekins, which sits on a quiet and dark street lined with two-story rowhouses, declined to comment.
Yesterday, police also gave more details about how the incident unfolded.
Baylor, Meekins and the two teens, who were not named, were all friends who were driving around the city Wednesday evening, police said.
About 5:45 p.m. at West North and Pennsylvania avenues, they became involved in an exchange of words with the men in the Jetta. Police declined to describe the nature of the argument.
While eastbound on North Avenue, police said, the quarrel continued until the drivers of both cars turned right on the narrow, southbound-only portion of Mount Royal Avenue that is separated from the main, two-way Mount Royal Avenue.
At McMechen Street, at least one of the cars struck two other vehicles while the dispute apparently escalated.
Abreast in the 1500 block of Mount Royal Ave., with cars parked on both sides, shots were fired from the passenger side of the Jetta into the Ford, shattering one rear window and striking Meekins and Baylor in the upper bodies. Police said the two boys in the back ducked and were not hit.
The driver-side window of the Ford was down, possibly indicating Baylor was still exchanging words with the occupants of the Jetta when he and Meekins were shot.
Mortally wounded, Baylor lost control of the Ford and crashed into a van and a sedan, both parked and unoccupied. The impact drove the car a few feet off the ground.
Police said the driver of the Jetta, which had serious front-end damage, sped south on Mount Royal.
Police responding to several 911 calls found Meekins and Baylor bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds.
Sun reporter Brent Jones contributed to this article.